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Rip Current Statement 110, NWS Tallahassee, FL

December 22, 2015Bay County, Gulf County, Walton County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Dec 22, 2015, 12:45 PM CST for Bay County, Gulf County, Walton County, Florida. It was in force for 30 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 22, 2015, 12:45 PM CST (18:45 UTC)
Expired
Dec 23, 2015, 7:00 PM CST
In force
30 hr
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL

Counties Bay County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Walton County, FL

The radar

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 134 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2015-12-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 255 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2015-12-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 203 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
255 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
557 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
203 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
205 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.3

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

695 
WHUS42 KTAE 221845
CFWTAE

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
145 PM EST TUE DEC 22 2015

...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG PANHANDLE BEACHES TODAY...

FLZ108-112-114-231200-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0110.151222T1845Z-151223T1200Z/
SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF-
145 PM EST TUE DEC 22 2015 /1245 PM CST TUE DEC 22 2015/

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP
CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. 

* TIMING...AT LEAST THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS.

RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY
FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE
SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS...
JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS...BEACH PATROL
FLAGS AND SIGNS.

IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN
CALM...DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR
HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO
SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO
SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. 

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
181 
WHUS42 KTAE 230938
CFWTAE

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
438 AM EST WED DEC 23 2015

...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG PANHANDLE BEACHES TODAY...

FLZ108-112-114-240100-
/O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0110.000000T0000Z-151224T0100Z/
SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF-
438 AM EST WED DEC 23 2015 /338 AM CST WED DEC 23 2015/

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

* TIMING...AT LEAST THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS.

RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY
FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE
SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS...
JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS...BEACH PATROL
FLAGS AND SIGNS.

IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN
CALM...DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR
HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO
SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO
SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY.

&&

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 22, 12:30 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningTAE2 hr
Dec 22, 12:57 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBay, Holmes, Walton, Washington78 min
Dec 22, 2:20 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningTAE115 min
Dec 22, 3:02 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBay, Calhoun, Gulf, Jackson, Washington58 min
Dec 22, 4:17 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningTAE88 min
Dec 22, 5:40 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningTAE2 hr
Dec 22, 11:32 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningTAECalhoun, Franklin, Gulf, Liberty23 days

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.